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"I'm sure there are 200 other reviews out today." Yeah but I like your's better.

Glad to see this instead of a typical review! Stories 2 has a really cool combat system and the animations especially are some of the best of any turn based RPG ever. I haven't seen it yet but I hope my boy Yian Garuga has a well remade kinship attack

This video impressed me quite a bit. Really opened my eyes to some mechanics I was, somewhat, ignoring. And no spoilers! Top grade content here! Thank you very much for the info.

4:53 I know I am a little bit late to the party but the Music Horn has also the song Evasion Riff, which lets your whole party evade one attack. This is super important for the final bosses after the story and makes this Hunting Horn Type easily an S-Tier Weapon.

I’ve been using a bow mainly. I love messing with status ailments, and can be really powerful when paired with a hammer that compliments its ailment. Although the important thing for people to remember is that the game is all about playing your way, so don’t be afraid to just use what you like best. I’m personally mentally prepping myself for PVP to be dominated by ailments again lmao

You missed something on the Gunlance. The Gunlance, likely due to the Kinship-generating abilities of its unique skills, has a penalty to all Kinship generated through means OTHER than Shelling, Wyrmstake Cannon and Burst Fire. This means that while it can maintain its ammo gauge consistently, generating Kinship is another matter entirely, as it requires the enemy to target you and SPECIFICALLY you in order to make the most of it.

as a Gunlance main in the main series, i'm beyond hype to get my game in the mail tomorrow >:D

Nice review. It's very well organized and shows your opinions of each weapon type in a rather comprehensive, yet concise manner. Right now, in the demo, I am using Greatsword/Bow/Hammer. Hammer just fits my playstyle more than Hunting Horn. I'm still on the fence a bit between Sword and Shield and Greatsword, but Greatsword is kinda growing on me. Bow is an interesting choice. I'm starting to like Gunlance as an option, whereas before I hadn't considered it at all. They are both fine but the Bow's Charge feels a bit weird, since it consumes a whole turn (I know you get Power Shot for it). Seeing this, I can see the Gunlance's versatility and am tempted to use it instead. I'll put more thought into it.

Nice review. It sounds like the biggest thing to keep in mind isn't just the weapon by itself but also the synergy the weapon has with your other weapons and monster allies, like the bow. Despite the low grade, you did make it a point to note the good things it does and it does sound like the bow is more of a support/item gathering weapon that you use for either set ups or to forcibly break monster parts that you've been hunting for who knows how long.

Nice weapons reviews that's what i needed

SnS + Bow + Hammer sounds pretty good for status builds. Though I kinda wanna just run SnS + HH + GL just because I like the way they play lol

Oh man this makes me want to try hammer but I do like the idea of a bloodsucking HH

I’m surprise there’s no bow gun. it would’ve been perfect for this game

10:16 IS THE BEST SKILL

The horn is so awesome. You become the bard

I love your review and scoring system dude

Imo you can't go wrong with either pierce weapon. I really like both of them

I run 3 HH on my kit and I think you're missing the most valuable skill for 35kp, the group evasion song.

One thing I will say about Hunting Horn for lategame is Evasion Riff and Awakening are really good for PvE content, evading massive AOEs that could sometimes be one shots is incredible. Meanwhile Awakening is amazing buff to put on your squad to help deal a lot more damage and tank a bit more as well. Though I will say Bloodsuck and especially Negate Ailments skills would probably be pretty solid for PvP. Negate Ailments is just extremely useful for that since a good bit of PvP sets are build around inflicting Skillseal on the enemies, forcing them to either waste a turn getting it off with a Nulberry Elixir and/or to switch out the Monstie inflicted with it.

Bow is by far my favorite weapon.

my two favorite weapons in this game are greatsword and hammer ngl

Congrats on the analysis. It was the most objective and technical that I watched till now, and I am watching almost everything about MHSt2. I'm a JRPG fan and a Monster Hunter Stories fan (love the first game), but not a Monster Hunter fan. As it turns out the majority of analysis are from MH fans, and they usualy lack the depth when it comes to the turn based RPG part.

More coverage, yes!

Great vid man, enjoyed the input and thoughts on each weapon. I personally really like the rapid bows, being able to do hammer or greatsword numbers in just 2 turns is so satisfying.

Is the rider actually good at dealing damage? In the first game most of your damage came from the monstie and the rider is mostly there to buff and heal.

hope they add charge blade

I also concur with the A- , which honestly is higher than some of the core franchise has even been able to muster.

More coverage for sure!

I´ve been ignoring half the weapons cause I didn´t know what I was doing, I didn´t even know the GS worked with charges, thanks

Do you learn any new moves for the weapons or what you talked about is all the moves we get from scrolls

think there will be dlc weapons in the future? Cause I kinda wanna have the heavy bowgun and go full heavy weapons guy

Really good job on this.

My weapon style would be: great sword: because I love a classic bow: a basic weapon with a wide spread hammer: for when I need to knock a monster out

I Want to know how de defense and offence works with elements... For example Tigrex offence is Elementless, if he hits my character with a 50 defense (with fire element) or if he hits me with 50 defense (elementless) there is any difference? How its works?

Hey Boomstick, i loved your take on the game. Very good and solid information, and your opinion clearly stated when used. Hope you like to do this, in that case keep 'm comming ;-) For the game MHS2 i'm looking for a good gene-upgrade tutorial. (Should i delete genes the monsty has from birth, should i delete or replace skill-genes, should i retool a monstie with skills that are not his/hers base skills(ea change a monsty from water to fire?))

That hairstyle looks really cool, what hair is that your character has?

I think I’m gonna main the gunlance

Forgot to mention: Evasion Rift, which helps your entire party dodge one attack, is exclusive to Music type. Is this why you have it highlighted at 4:53 ?

Anyone aware of the damage modifiers or benefits of exploiting a monsters weapon type weakness? I can't find it anywhere

HH is a lot better later on in the game than you give it credit for here.

Gréât vidéo could you say me please the settings and all you did to have an older face for your rider ?

In my play style, I have a really hard time replacing the bow. I always shoot (heh heh) for the Double Attack, using a Kinship(L) talisman, and always switching my monster to suit the right attack pattern to counter the enemy into a Dual Attack. Not only does this negate the enemy’s attack that round, it also charges the kinship gauge very quickly. Usually 2, 3 at most, turns and it’s fully charged. And since riding your Monster fully heals you and mostly heals your monster, I can strategize when to use that, or when to use the Kinship Attack, which also negates the enemy’s attack that turn. The gunlance, while really fun and works well in certain play styles, I find doesn’t charge my Kinship gauge nearly as fast. Either that or I’m just using it wrong. But since I always aim (hee) for Dual Attacks, the HtH bonuses offered by the gunlance doesn’t really benefit me all that much. So yeah! The fact that this game lets you pick your play style, and they’re all really valid, is pretty cool.

I love having the ability to one hit weaker monsters. It makes level grinding so much easier.

So Im trying to get the ability "Evasion Riff" for my hunting horn which is a Music type (I have the Velk HH), but I don't have the skill, how do I unlock it if that's what I have to do?

Can you change your monstie element as in mhst 1?

No switch axe, long sword, or bow gun 🥲

I used Hammer for about 300 hours but didn't build on the Ailmentstatus, ich just tried to win head2heads and then go for the big bonk aka meteor strike.

How do I get the skill (I think it’s called?) Ground Slash? An npc you team up with had it for Greatsword but I can’t find how to unlock it anywhere.

All I have to say is hunting horn 10x better than it was in the first game

On a side note with gunlance It doesn't gain kinship normally

Can I fight some boss multi times? I can’t get enough material with only one fight. But after some boss fight, I can’t find those monster anymore

This has been the only turn base game I've ever played past the 4 hour mark. The animations and fun gameplay makes it not even seem like a turn-based game. I'm a monster hunter bias of course but nothing could ever make me play turn-based before, not even my love for Pokémon. This game is like Pokémon but if the combat was actually fun and the developers cared.

Nice vidéo but considering you are using your own expérience to judge the weapons it's not very reliable. Personaly i prefer bows to the other one and think that sword and shield is better than great sword but like you it's my own opinion :)))

Really think you were too hard to Bow. I might be biased since it's my favorite weapon, but I feel I dish out the most consistent damage in both short and long battles with it. Of course it needs to be said that Rapid type is vastly superior to Spread and Pierce types. I personally didn't like the Gunlance. That weapon felt way too weak. It's nice to build kinship with but that's it.

I just bought a switch. idk if I should get MH rise or MH stories 2, someone help

"I would rate the bow at C+" Me damn that's low!.... smithy, let me get that pukei bow please 😌 🤣🤣

So did a NDA expire today? You acknowledged the thing I noticed, the fact that there are a ton of reviews out today, most of which cover content in the as of now still unreleased full game (only 32.5 hours left!).

Bow main in MHS2 here, that also happens to be fashionably late. I personally found the Bow to be more fun to use? The Gunlance's biggest weakness is that in order to make effective use of it, the enemy has to target you, and specifically you. In co-op with randoms, I've found that teammates will, more often than not, use a Kinship skill when you _finally_ get a chance to engage in a head-to-head. There's also the chance of them interrupting the monster entirely (such as using a flash bomb to knock down Velkhana when its airborne). It's really hard to get the Gunlance going if any of these scenarios (or all of them) are constantly happening throughout the battle. With Bow, I don't really have to worry about any of that. No head-to-head coming my way, or a teammate is using a Kinship skill? It's a safe turn to charge. Is a part about to break, which'll topple the monster? Charge and be ready to deal intense damage next turn. As others have also no doubt said, the biggest thing about Bow is its synergy with Hammer, which will yield even more damage if you're lucky enough to pull it off, as it's also head-to-head/double attack dependent. After this video was posted, the Zephra Gust (Boltreaver) was released in the second title update, which has Rapid Shot and Power Coating; my literal dream bow. Nothing's more satisfying than being able to get Rapid Shot + Power Shot all ready to go right when the monster topples. Hellblade's Bow is no slouch either; Pierce Shot and Power Coating, with a small chance to inflict Blastblight. Edit: In regard to Hunting Horn, it's also worth mentioning that Music type Hunting Horns get access to Evasion Riff, which allows the entire party to evade an attack. Against endgame monsters like Molten Tigrex, Gold Rathian, and _especially_ Fatalis, you'll always want to have one on hand. In regards to Fatalis specifically, it's actually more or less *mandatory* for both players to have one.

it feels like skills on weapons are poitless. I always do more or the same damage with just a regular attack

Is it me or does your character look like Huey from the boondocks

no true charge slash for GS here?? :(

my greatsword focus L skill wont proc is there something im missing?

This man sounds like reverto

can bow counter attack

Man I know there's more weapons left out, but the constant shafting on Insect Glaive has really put me off on the series as a whole. I really hope G-rank in Rise offers something amazing, or maybe an update in this game to add more weapons :(

I really can't express my disappointment that is isn't longswords

I can only have 13 monsties :(

First

The more I play the less I'm enjoying it. I really doubt I'll get more than 10 hours in

*TuRn-BaSeD cOmBaT iS oUtDaTeD* -some braindamaged Final Fantasy fanboy

What combat? You just play a glorified Rock Paper Scissors game